Blogs from Guayaquil, West, Ecuador, South America - page 24

Yes, that´s right, not two days later, but three. Sorry to disappoint you all, but not so much has been "going down" lately. Let me just tell you about it. TUESDAY (7-4) The days are just flying by here. A week feels like a day, which is no wonder I´m so tired all the time. Luckily today was a relaxing day. I drank my juice and went to school in the morning and taught my classes of 1st and 7th graders. The seventh grade class whezeled their way out of taking their exam today and postponing it to Thursday, when the only other English classes are two third grade classes. So Thursday it is... After school and after a great lunch, thanks to Señora Maria, I had a nice little nap and chilled out for at ... read more

Finally got this blog published for you all to read. Sorry for the delay. And my pictures are up from my last blog if you´re intreseted in looking at those! 3 Yes, well, it´s the first day of July and I´m proud to say that not only have surrvived my first 20 days here in Ecuador, I´ve been loving every minute. Some days I wake up, look out the window, and can´t believe that I´m actually in Ecuador! It seems so unreal. Sometimes it´s scary thinking that I´m thousands and thousands of miles away from my family and friends, but it´s hard to find time to think when it´s so busy around here. I do miss you all, but I´m having the time of life. I think when my parents went to Ecuador this winter they ... read more

i don´t know what´s wrong with the pictures, but I´ll try and figure it out tomorrow...it´s late now! WEDNESDAY (6-28) Since I went to the finca today, I didn´t get to teach. But I had a great time at the farm and this time I didn´t get any mosquito bites! The cherries have ripened and are ready to eat, and believe me I couldn´t stop! The oranges were a bit tart, though every orange that I peeled I ended up feeding to the dogs. Those poor little things! I could count their ribs. Since I have Hotdog now (and I definitely know he´s not starving) I don´t really consider it weird for dogs to eat fruits and vegetables. Though it is very different. That´s how all the dogs are here. Lonely wandering the streets, starving, abandoned, ... read more

Sorry that I couldn´t publish my work yesterday, but the system was failing for me, so here is my beautiful work that I´m sure you all are waiting for anxiously. The good news, though, is that you get to read two blogs in two days! Yay! Alright let me tell you about my weekend. Saturday (6-24) On this beautiful morning I woke only to have my stomach twisted and twirled inside my body. Or at least that´s what it felt like. We went to three different markets, all of which made me want to vomit. I had never seen meat hanging out the way they have it here in Ecuador. I can´t explain it. Or maybe I just don´t want to...thinking about it makes the disgusting fumes fill my nostrils yet again and turn my face ... read more

Since it´s Friday night and also the same night I write blogs, I know all of you reading are anxiously awaiting the publishing of this entry, so I´ll hurry along! I couldn´t think of anything more exciting than reading a blog on a Friday night... Well, naturally, we´ll start with yesterday. YESTERDAY (6-22) Thursdays are nice because the only grade I teach is second. And they´re such an obidient class. Well, at least one of them is. Anyway, my very own country, USA, was playing Ghana in soccer at 9 I couldn´t even watch them! I kept eyeing the clock every so often calcuating how much time they´d been playing and how much time was left. Oh well, I thought to myself, there´s always reruns. So continued with class never putting my eye back on that ... read more